The evolution of relative brain size in marsupials is energetically constrained but not driven by behavioral complexity

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-135

  Weisbecker, Vera ^a   Blomberg, Simon ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a   Brown, Meredeth ^b   Fisher, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Water Resources Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain size; Constraint; Life history; Marsupials; Maternal investment; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DASYURIDAE; EUTHERIA; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MARSUPIAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FEMALE; MARSUPIALIA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84930179565     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: 14219743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000377666     Document Type: Article

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